 Shaun
Davey is one of Ireland's leading professional composers.
In recent years he has composed and produced scores
for the BBC TV series 'Ballykissangel' [BAFTA nominated
and TRIC award for best signature theme], received
an Ivor Novello award for his music for the BBC film
'The Hanging Gale' [also BAFTA nominated], composed
and produced music for feature films 'The Tailor of
Panama', 'Waking Ned', 'Twelfth Night' [Ivor Novello
nominated], and for the Hallmark TV film of 'David
Copperfield'.
In the USA he received a Tony nomination for his music
for 'James Joyce's The Dead'. In UK Theatre he has
been composer to many Royal Shakespeare Company productions,
including 'The Tempest', 'King Lear', 'A Winters Tale'
and 'Pericles'. Other theatre credits; 'Fair Maid
of the West', 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'
[RSC], ' Steward of Christendom' [Royal Court], 'Lady
from the Sea' [Almeida], 'Skellig' [Young Vic] 'The
Well of the Saints' and 'Observe the Sons of Ulster
marching towards the Somme' [Abbey Theatre, Dublin].
As
a composer of concert works Shaun Davey's approach
is melodic, often large scale and in many cases features
traditional [folk] instruments and performers. He
began in 1980 with 'The Brendan Voyage', a fusion
of orchestral and Irish traditional styles with an
uilleann piper as soloist. He continued this genre
with 'The Pilgrim', 'Granuaile', and 'The Relief of
Derry Symphony', all of which have featured in recent
concerts with the RTENSO at the National Concert Hall,
Dublin.
Shaun
Davey also enjoys working in the field of film documentary
and as composer of music for special occasions; in
2003 he composed the music for the Dublin Special
Olympics featuring the choral anthem 'May we never
have to say goodbye'. This was performed in Croke
Park Stadium before a live audience of 80,000. In
2007 he composed music to celebrate the arrival of
a replica Viking longship in the National Museum of
Ireland. |
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